Search Engine Land

MAY 7, 2024

selling over 400,000 eBikes in the last four years. The x -axis shows U.S. Awards Feature articles all about the brand Customer stories about biking on trails Strategic links and mentions in authoritative and relevant media across the audience’s journey seem to have boosted Lectric’s organic visibility and search rankings.

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CTR Electricity Real Estate X-functional 84

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Do you feel like your selling job is becoming harder and harder over time? Don’t worry — you are not alone: 69% of your colleagues feel the exact same way, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales 5th edition. As the same State of Sales 5th edition claims, salespeople, on average, sell only 28% of their working hours.

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Process Objectives and Key Results X-functional Sales 52

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 13, 2022

With over 100,000 loyal corporate users globally, the CRM helps sales teams to excel at their work and convert more leads. Both mature SMBs and newly minted sales teams love Pipedrive for how newcomer-friendly the CRM is. CRMs have always been about managing your sales pipeline. And with Pipedrive, it’s as easy as it gets.

X-functional 52

X-functional Territory CRM Lead generation 52

Hubspot

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Sales compensation is one of the trickiest aspects of the sales organization to get right. How to create a good sales comp plan. Sales comp plan types. Sales contests and SPIFs. How sales compensation should work. A sales compensation plan operates from a basic principle: Money drives behavior.

Commission 92

Commission Quota X-functional Non-Profits 92

InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Guest blog by Joe Rodden, Sales Systems Manager at Catalant Technologies. Some of the toughest problems to solve in sales operations are management issues. In many companies I’ve worked for there is typically one training done for all members of the sales team, seller and manager alike. On to the last lever: Management.

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X-functional Cross-sell Sales CRM 54

Heinz Marketing

JUNE 7, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. We talk to some of the best leaders in B2B sales and marketing every day.

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Sales Pop!

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Voice assistants (Amazon Echo, Alexa, Alice, Google Home), thanks to their upgradable functionality, are becoming personal shopping assistants: from finding a product in online stores to buying it with voice control. It allows you to get useful information about your customers: where they came from, their interaction with products, etc.

Retail 52

Retail Growth X-functional Cross-sell 52

Hubspot

OCTOBER 23, 2017

That’s where sales qualification comes in. This guide will walk you through the fundamentals of sales qualification, five different frameworks you can use, and provide pointers on disqualification and conversational tip-offs to listen for. MEDDIC, CHAMP Sales, & 3 More Qualification Frameworks. Do you sell to their industry?

Sales 101

Sales X-functional Contact Prospecting 101

Heinz Marketing

JULY 13, 2020

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Spotify , iTunes , Blubrry , Google Play , iHeartRADIO , or Stitcher.

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Pipeline Referrals Cold Call Sales 83

Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Talking about sales and marketing, working together. Lisa: Thank you.

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Pipeline Sales Cross-sell Up-sell 62

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Some of the same underlying principles apply, but because of the inherent differences in buying decisions and sales cycles, pulling B2C optimization practices straight from the book might be a bad idea. There are a few things that make optimizing for B2B a different beast: The sales cycle is usually longer.

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B2B Conversion B2C SQL 110

SaaStr

JULY 24, 2019

Gillian oversees Talkdesk’s Customer Success and Technical Support teams, partnering closely with customers to achieve their CX vision. At Talkdesk, we have achieved really amazing customer retention, net retention, advocacy, loyalty. The first is your customers have to have more stuff to buy. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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X-functional Engineering Clients Start-ups 56

SaaStr

JULY 17, 2020

And so obviously the people that need consumers to spend money for their revenue and then their contribution margin just had no shot of selling things. Look at Model T sales or something. Last month, housing sales in the US are actually ahead of last year, like literally ahead. People are buying and selling houses.

E-commerce 72

E-commerce Retail Real Estate Growth 72

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

From strategies in recruitment and team building to sales tactics, these leaders from Salesforce, nCino, and Vlocity, will discuss the top tips for moving beyond horizontal SaaS and building a billion-dollar SaaS company. They need fewer sales as a percentage of overall employees. We have over 1100 customers across the globe.

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Price Retail X-functional Healthcare 59

Lead Fuze

JULY 1, 2023

Understanding how to set sales quotas is a critical aspect of managing and driving a successful sales team. In this post, we delve into the importance of setting accurate sales quotas and how they play a pivotal role in business performance and determining personal compensation.

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Quota Growth Territory Commission 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? Have been recommended by sales professionals. Here’s how you can find the sales books that are most relevant to you. Here they are… The 97 Best Sales Books in 2020.

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Sales Technique Objectives and Key Results Non-Profits 141

SalesHandy

JUNE 29, 2021

Selling products or services to businesses and professionals can be tough. Which is unlike selling to consumers, who have common needs and wants. Having a sales process in place that caters to every businesses’ needs can be crucial to hitting revenue goals consistently, and driving growth. What is B2B Sales?

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B2B Cross-sell X-functional Follow-up 98

Salesforce

JANUARY 31, 2024

Worried you don’t have the experience to break into tech sales? Even if you don’t have a background in sales, you might have the right skills. What you’ll learn: What is tech sales? Get the State of Sales Report to discover productivity insights from 7,700 sales professionals.

Networking 59

Networking B2C Cross-sell Negotiate 59

Lead Fuze

JULY 6, 2023

Pinpointing customers’ issues is an essential move in boosting your product or service, increasing customer gratification, and eventually aiding the development of your company. In this blog post, we will delve deep into various strategies on how to identify customer pain points effectively.

Customers 52

Customers Clients Lead generation X-functional 52

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2020

When you start growing above 50 employees, and certainly get to 100, things change, you now have teams, which means you have functional leaders. Rather than having this feeling of disconnected functional areas, everyone in the company knows what to work on. The first system is what I call the sales finance system.

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Finance X-functional Launch Objectives and Key Results 111

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2020

And so obviously the people that need consumers to spend money for their revenue and then their contribution margin just had no shot of selling things, look at model T-shirts or something. Last month, housing sales in the US are actually ahead of last year, like literally ahead. People are buying and selling houses.

X-functional 62

X-functional E-commerce Growth Retail 62

Hubspot

AUGUST 8, 2019

While metrics are important in every aspect of any business, they’re especially critical in sales. Sales leaders can’t use their intuition to guide their decisions — not only are they dealing with a huge amount of information, but the risk of failure is high. Let's take a look at what sales metrics are. Activity Sales Metrics.

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X-functional Quota Cross-sell Contract 96

Highspot

MAY 20, 2022

You’ve built your sales strategy. You’ve rolled out your sales methodology. Now how do you ensure your sales team can effectively execute these actions in the field? Enter sales playbooks. A sales playbook refers to any means of codifying and documenting sales best practices. What is a sales kit?

Territory 52

Territory X-functional Cross-sell Sales 52

SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

In his most recent role, Dave was the CEO @ Host Analytics where he quintupled ARR, halved customer acquisition costs and increased net retention rates before selling the company to a private equity sponsor. So if the plan said hire 20 sales reps next year, but the existing 15 you have are struggling.

Strategize 58

Strategize Quota Non-Profits Price 58

PandaDoc

APRIL 12, 2022

Customer success metrics are the bread and butter of the SaaS industry, especially when it comes to business operations. In many cases, all aspects of the business — from product expansion to feature development — revolve around customer metrics and feedback. 7 customer success metrics for SaaS. Customer Effort Score (CES).

Customers 52

Customers X-functional Promote Price 52

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Not just relevance in the sense of improving Quality Score or Ad Rank, but improving the relevance of your search marketing keywords and ads to your potential customers. Ask your sales team: How do different product categories do throughout the year? What days are the sale staff present? Exercise: image source.

Territory 111

Territory CTR Campaign Objectives and Key Results 111

Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. I ask Jason why is this function so interesting? This and a lot more!

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Pipeline Sales X-functional B2B 86

PandaDoc

MARCH 7, 2023

Many that work in sales choose the field because of the flexibility and edge-of-your-seat experience that implementing a sales strategy involves. While this is a good thing, it doesn’t mean your sales cycle should be completely unstructured, without any roadmap. What is a sales workflow? What is a sales workflow?

Process 52

Process Objectives and Key Results Pitch Legal 52

Hubspot

JUNE 22, 2022

Individual customers, employees, legal partners, other corporations, and a variety of other parties all sway how an organization plans and executes its overall business strategy. Customer Relationships. Without satisfied customers, you can't generate sustainable revenue, and you sell yourself short by losing out on referrals.

Legal 75

Legal Relationship building X-functional Contact 75

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

362: The Future of the Customer with Bernadette Nixon, CEO @ Algolia, Jay Snyder, Chief Customer Officer @ New Relic, and Nick Mehta, CEO @ Gainsight. Customers’ expectations are higher than ever with more access to information and options. You can see the full video here , and read the podcast transcript below.

Retail 78

Retail Start-ups Drivers/motivators Up-sell 78

Sales Hacker

APRIL 23, 2018

As sales leaders, your job is to help members of your team get to their sales goals by prioritizing the path that will get them there. Part 3 of this sales coaching series focuses on getting the prioritization right with your sales team. Gary Rhoads is a co-founder of Xvoyant, a sales coaching technology platform.

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Drivers/motivators Pipeline Objectives and Key Results X-functional 78

SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2020

For vendors going through that digital transformation with their customers, what is the right tone to adopt that is both empathetic and achieves business objectives? They have almost 2,500 customers in segments both struggling (fashion, luxury), and growing (electronics, etc.). 328: Romain Lapeyre is CEO of Gorgias.

X-functional 87

X-functional Strategize Retail Technology 87

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

And each of those webinars will probably produce at least one customer if you do it every single week in scale. Fergal Kerins (@FergalKerins): What if the customers you are trying to reach are all giants? How, if no one’s heard of you, do you sell to big companies? So, thanks man. Let’s just step back a bit.

Growth 95

Growth Cross-sell Start-ups X-functional 95

Sales Hacker

APRIL 14, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Jessica Wilkeyson , Co-Founder and Principal at Alternate Route , a go-to market strategy and revenue operations consultancy based in New York. The importance of sales and marketing alignment reales on communication and measurement. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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Contract CRM Consult Cross-sell 70

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

Greenhouse followed a similar path to Talkdesk and should cross $10 million ARR later this year, up from almost nothing at the start of the year. Daniel, you grew to 3 million in ARR before you hired a VP of Sales. Daniel : We followed a lean start up approach to building our sales process. Nicolas : Yeah. Nick : Pretty much?

Price 93

Price Start-ups Up-sell X-functional 93

Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Sales reps and managers are frustrated by the fact that today’s average cold email response rate is a lousy 1%. You spend 13 hours a week sending 180 emails to prospects, leads, and customers, and all you can drum up is 2 responses. You’re competing for space in the inbox of your prospects, leads, and customers.

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Objectives and Key Results Prospecting Contact Campaign 204

ConversionXL

JULY 20, 2019

They also found that customer lifetime value (CLV) of email users is an impressive 12% above average. These product category prompts help deliver a more customized shopping experience (i.e. Transactional emails are based on visitor/customer behavior. However, the opportunity to up-sell and cross-sell has been lost completely.

Conversion 90

Conversion Promote X-functional Start-ups 90